Official Sean Lee diagnosis coming in the morning

Posted by Mike Florio on May 27, 2014, 9:39 PM EDT

AP

On Tuesday afternoon, Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee injured his knee. On Wednesday morning, the official diagnosis will be known.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, that’s when the Cowboys expect to receive the final word on the aftermath of what may have been Lee’s final practice of the 2014 football season. An MRI was conducted earlier this evening.

The outcome, if it’s season-ending scenario for Lee, highlights one again the reality that: (1) injuries are inevitable; and (2) it’s impossible to know when or where or how they will happen.

Earlier this month, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones said that the team had given no thought to the possibility of moving Lee to outside linebacker from his spot in the middle.

“He’s so good in the middle there and leading the way, leading the defense,” Jones said at the time. “It’s a natural spot for him to work from. Hopefully, we can keep him there and have the complementary guys around him. If he stays healthy, I know it’ll be a Pro Bowl, if not an All-Pro type year.”

In hindsight, some would call that a jinx. Applying foresight, perhaps the Cowboys should consider trying to lure London Fletcher out of retirement. Or Brian Urlacher.

Otherwise, the best available free-agent options are Pat Angerer, Desmond Bishop, and Dan Connor. Or they can hope that someone already on the roster will step up. Or they can try to swing a trade.

Or maybe they can just accept the fact that, no matter how it all plays out, they’re destined to be 8-8.

Fletcher?? He couldn’t cover squat last year. As a skins fan I’m torn. I’d hate to see him come out of retirement to play for the Cowboys. Then again, I know he wouldn’t be very good and I’d love to see a washed up MLB start for the Cowboys.

8-8 is highly optimistic. They won’t be sweeping the Giants and Skins this season. 5-11 or 6-10 is more likely. Too bad they didn’t draft Manziel. This would be the perfect season to break in a new QB.

London or Brian!? Both of them clearly had lost a step the last games they played. Dumb idea neither has even been in any offseason program. I’m a Skins fan but you gotta feel for Sean he is on heck of a football player but Cowboys should have had a plan B in place knowing this guys history of injuries. 8-8 record is a stretch this season.

Judging by his teammates’ reactions, and his own, there’s no doubt it’s a serious injury. Really good player, if only he could stay on the field.
Two rules in football. #1) Players get hurt. #2) No exceptions to rule #1.

New estimate of their season record… 4-12. Possible first pick in the upcoming draft. Trade down, pick up two first round picks and restock defense and return to 8-8 for 2015… with some luck.

The Cowboys have no cap space and free agents are beyond their ability to afford. They need to collect picks by trading high or reasonably priced veterans for draft picks and rebuild through the draft, focusing on collecting picks in rounds 1-3.

Of course, that means they will not do it. They will extend new offers to veterans and make the cap situation worse. The cap hell they are in, and have been in for years, is why there is no depth at almost all positions on the defensive side of the ball. It all falls at the feet of Jerry Jones who can do “okay” in the draft, but is completely list when dealing with salary cap issues. He is just entirely too rich to figure out how to make the best use of a little over 130 million in change. If he could spend his own money to purchase player contracts, he’d have several more superbowls, but when the field is even, the skill of the GM and coach is the difference between being first in the next year’s draft and selecting 32nd.

The thought of Urlacher with a star on his helmet wearing a star on his helmet is intriguing. But to my recollection he is pretty much the first version of Sean Lee and amazing talent with injury problems when healthy the best on the game at his position but always an injury risk(that goes for all players but has a history of problems) still would love to give it a shot.